ios2droid

Image photos originating from iOS devices such as iPhones often have names like:

IMG_1728.JPG

This naming scheme provides little meaning. Android names image files using a more descriptive scheme:

20241113_024948.jpg

Which follows YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS format. This program renames files from iOS format to Android format by interpolating Android style timestamps from file EXIF metadata.

Usage

Renaming files

First, change directories to wherever the target files are located. Then run:

ios2droid

This will perform a dry run. If satisfied with the expected renaming, run:

ios2droid --rename

Which will actually rename the files in the current working directory.

Inspecting a file

Not all files can be renamed. To inspect the raw EXIF metadata associated with a file, simply pass:

ios2droid <foo.jpg>

This may provide some additional insight into why a file cannot be renamed.

Setup

Simply clone this repo, then run:

make compile

This program uses {fmt} and this library will need to be installed.